Linggawangi

Editors: Aditia Gunawan, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENKLinggawangi.

Language: Old Sundanese.

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy).

Version: (b42d535), last modified (f510d28).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (//) ba 3 guna 3 Apuy· 3 ⟨2⟩ di ¡vva!⟨vvaṁ⟩ 1, Iti sakakala rumata⟨3⟩¡disusuku!⟨disusuk ku⟩ baṭāri hyaṁ pun·

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (//) ba HD// baḥ H; ṭraba SD • Instead of an opening punctuation sign, it may be possible to read A, in which case the first word would be Aba. Noorduyn (1993, p. 313) notes that ba means 3 in one or more chronograms of the Pararaton. Zoetmulder (1982, s.v. wārecords the word ba as a synonym of : “II 1. live coal, piece of burning material which is aglow”, and “2. = ava bright, clear, shining”. — ⟨1⟩ guna 3 HDgunṇa SD.

⟨1-2⟩ 3 ⟨2⟩ di ¡vva!⟨vvaṁ⟩ HDnaṣṭa SD.

⟨2⟩ 1, Iti HDgomati.

⟨3⟩ rumata⟨3⟩HDnumatak SD. — ⟨3⟩ ¡disusuku!⟨disusuk ku⟩ • For the same phenomenon of consonant degemination, cf. manuscript Perpusnas L 426B, no. 13: hya ⟨pəpək ku⟩¡pəpəku! pənuḥ kita maṁke “Now you are filled by fullness”.

Translation

Glowing 3 qualities 3 fires 3 in a human 1: that was the [year in the] Śaka era that Rumatak was marked off by Bhaṭārī Hyaṅ. Finished.

Commentary

Bibliography

The inscription was first edited by Holle (1877, pp. 586–587, in Javanese script); it was edited again by Saleh Danasasmita (1975) and by Hasan Djafar (1991, pp. 16–18). Re-edited and translated here by Aditia Gunawan & Arlo Griffiths, based on the OD photo.

Primary

[H] Holle, Karel Frederik. 1877. “Beschreven steen uit de afdeeling Tasikmalaja, residentie Preanger.” TBG 24, pp. 586–587.

[HD] Hasan Djafar. 1991. “Prasasti-prasasti dari masa kerajaan-kerajaan Sunda.” Bogor.

[SD] Saleh Danasasmita. 1975. Masalah transkripsi prasasti Batutulis (Bogor) dan tradisi megalitiknya. Seri monografi Lembaga Kebudayaan Universitas Pajajaran 8. Bandung: Lembaga Kebudayaan Universitas Pajajaran.

Secondary

No name. 1912–1949. Oudheidkundig verslag. No place: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Page 84.

Verbeek, Rogier Diederik Marius. 1891. Oudheden van Java: Lijst der voornaamste overblijfselen uit den Hindoetijd op Java, met eene oudheidkundige kaart. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 46. Batavia; 's-Hage: Landsdrukkerij; Nijhoff. [URL]. Pages 52–53.